| Name |
HIGGS, Sarah Josephine |
| Birth |
16 Jan 1847 |
Newcastle, Lawrence Co., PA  [1, 2] |
- "As Sarah Josephine Higgs, a daughter of Joseph and Jane Higgs, Mrs. Murray was born at New Castle, Pa., Jan. 16, 1847, following the death of her father on Aug. 26, 1846."
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| CENSUS |
26 Jul 1860 |
Salt River Township, Knox Co., MO [3] |
- The Botts girls are step-father Rufus' daughters from a prior marriage, step sisters to Sarah J.
- Attending school
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1860 US Census: Salt River Township, Knox Co., MO p 137
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| CENSUS |
15 Jun 1880 |
Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [4] |
- Sarah's mother Jane Botts and family living next door
- House keeping
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1880 US Census: Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO p 17
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| CENSUS |
9 Jun 1900 |
Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [5] |
- Sarah's mother Jane Fisher Botts and step brother John Botts living next door (previous entry in the census). Boarder Mathias Fisher is Sarah and John's uncle and step brother to Sarah's mother Jane. Sarah's husband Oscar Murray is related to Flora Murray who married Jane's brother and Matthias' step brother John K. Fisher. Sarah's step-brother Henry Botts and family also appear on this page of the census.
- Mother of 5 children, 4 living
Can read and write
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1900 US Census: Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO, sht 4A
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| CENSUS |
19 Apr 1910 |
Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [6] |
- Son Fred Murray and family living next door.
6 children, 4 living? (hard too read; only know of five children, perhaps one death infancy?)
Occupation: none
Can read and write
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1910 US Census: Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO, sht 3A
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| EVENT |
15 Jan 1929 |
Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [7] |
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Aunt Josie Murray breaks hip 1929
"A very serious and painful accident occurred at the home of Fred Murray about 11 o'clock Tuesday morning of last week, when his mother, "Aunt" Josie Murray, while walking outside the house, fell on the ice with the result that her limb was broken or fractured just below the hip. Dr. C. C. Gibson of Novelty was called and did all he could to relieve her suffering, but owing to her advanced age of 82 years great uneasiness was felt regarding her recovery." |
| EVENT |
3 Feb 1929 |
Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [8] |
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Vandiver's entertain bedridden Murrays 1929.
"Mr. and Mrs. Perry Vandiver spent Monday afternoon at the Fred Murray home and Mrs. Vandiver entertained them with music on her new phonograph. Mrs. Josie Murray and also Mrs. Fred Murray are bedfast, the latter having to take her bed Tuesday of last week because of rheumatism in her knee. She suffers considerably at times with it but "Aunt. Josie" is resting as well as could be expected, after her fall recently." |
| EVENT |
6 Oct 1929 |
Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [9] |
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Aunt Josie Murray failing health 1929
""Aunt" Josie Murray, who remains in failing health, while the younger Mrs. Murray is able to walk about a little with the aid of a cane." |
| Death |
5 Dec 1929 |
Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO [1, 2] |
- Cause of death: myocarditis
Address: Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO
Strange note following apparently in response to length of residence in city or town where death occurred: "During the Civil War." No idea why this was noted.
Occupation: housewife
Informant: Fred Murray, Hurdland, MO
Filed 8 Jan 1930
- "Mrs. Josie Murray, or "Aunt Josie Murray" as she was called by those who knew her, died last Thursday at her home in the Prairie View vicinity in the southwest part of Knox County. She was 82 years old and had been ill for some time and an invalid since Jan. 15 of this vear, when she fell and broke her hip. She had been practically blind the last fifteen years."
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Obituary: Josie Murray 1929
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Death Certificate: Sarah Josie Murray 1929
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Supplemental Death Certificate: Sarah Josie Murray 1929
This certificate filed 13 Feb 1930, amends the original certificate filed Jan 8, 1930, apparently to highlight Sarah's Jan 1929 hip fracture as a contributory factor in her death. Words "from fall on ice" notably added. |
| Burial |
7 Dec 1929 |
Novelty Cemetery, Novelty, Knox Co., MO [1, 2] |
- "Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Methodist Church in Novelty by the Rev. L. P. Mohr, pastor. Burial was in the Novelty cemetery beside the grave of the husband, Oscar Murray, who died in December, 1915."
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Headstone: Oscar A. and Sarah J. Murray
Plot: Row 7, Plot 24 and 25, East Half |
| Person ID |
I790 |
Main |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Family |
MURRAY, Oscar Allen, b. 14 Feb 1846, West Point Township, Lee Co., IA d. 19 Dec 1915, Shelton Township, Knox Co., MO (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Dec 1867 |
Knox Co., MO [10] |
| Children |
| | 1. MURRAY, Charles Allen, b. 30 Sep 1868, Knox Co., MO d. 13 Dec 1873, Knox Co., MO (Age 5 years) [Birth] |
| | 2. MURRAY, Pearl Mae, b. 27 Mar 1873, Novelty, Knox Co., MO d. 30 Dec 1955, Kirksville, Adair Co., MO (Age 82 years) [Birth] |
| | 3. MURRAY, Duna, b. 9 Feb 1875, Knox Co., MO d. 29 Apr 1950, Edina, Knox Co., MO (Age 75 years) [Birth] |
| | 4. MURRAY, Ada, b. 28 May 1877, Knox Co., MO d. 30 Apr 1965, Brashear, Adair Co., MO (Age 87 years) [Birth] |
| + | 5. MURRAY, Fred Kells, b. Mar 1882, Missouri d. 15 Oct 1970, Kirksville, Adair Co., MO (Age 88 years) [Birth] |
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| Documents |
 | Marriage Record: Murray, Oscar and Sarah J. Higgs - 1867
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| Family ID |
F285 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Jun 2023 |
Fisher Family Genealogy
1847 - 1929 (82 years)
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